In support of the Philippine Government’s efforts to minimize the impact of COVID-19, the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) offers school supplies and other essential items relative to the Department of Education’s (DepEd) conduct of 2020 Brigada Eskwela and Oplan Balik Eskwela.

In the joint implementing guidelines on these activities as stated in Memorandum No. 53 s. 2020, DepEd developed Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP) which ensures that quality basic education will continue despite the challenges posed by the pandemic.

Pursuant to the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), President Rodrigo Duterte has transitioned Metro Manila and other areas to General Community Quarantine (GCQ) starting 1 June 2020 to curb the spread of the infectious coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).